Table 2. Chemical composition of primary and secondary fibers isolated from hemp harvested at the end of flowering stage (variety S27).
Fibers | Growing conditions | Lignin | Total Sugars | Glc | Gal | Xyl | Man | GalU |
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Primary | Standard | 3.0 a | 79.9 a | 90.1 a | 2.5 a | 0.2 a | 5.5 a | 4.1 a |
Irrigation | 3.0 a | 74.7 a | 90.0 a | 2.7 a | 0.3 a | 5.4 a | 3.9 a | |
100 kg.ha-1 | 3.4 a | 75.0 a | 91.1 a | 2.2 a | 0.3 a | 4.7 a | 3.5 a | |
Secondary | Standard | 5.5 a | 72.3 a | 87.1a | 2.9 a | 1.8 b | 6.2 a | 4.4 a |
Irrigation | 5.5 a | 70.1 a | 86.0 a | 3.1 a | 2.8 b | 5.7 a | 4.4 a | |
100 kg.ha-1 | 5.6 a | 67.7 a | 90.4 a | 2.6 a | 1.9 b | 2.9 b | 4.8 a |